About The Word Accommodate
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Accommodate
Accommodate Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Accommodate?
[v] make compatible with; "The scientists had to accommodate the new results with the existing theories"
[v] make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" [v] provide a service or favor for someone; "We had to oblige him" [v] provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?" [v] provide housing for; "We are lodging three foreign students this semester" [v] be agreeable or acceptable to; "This suits my needs" [v] have room for; hold without crowding; "This hotel can accommodate 250 guests"; "The theater admits 300 people"; "The auditorium can't hold more than 500 people" Synonyms | Synonyms for Accommodate: adapt | admit | conciliate | fit | hold | lodge | oblige | reconcile | suit Related Terms | Find terms related to Accommodate: acclimate | acclimatize | accommodate | accommodate with | accord | accustom | adapt | adapt to | adjust | adjust to | advance | afford | agree with | alter | ameliorate | arrange | arrange matters | assimilate | assimilate to | attune | balance | be guided by | bend | bestow | better | billet | board | bow | break | break in | break up | bring to terms | bring together | cancel | case harden | cater to | change | chime in with | close | close with | clothe | compensate | comply | comply with | compose | compound | compromise | conclude | condition | confirm | conform | contribute | convenience | convert | coordinate | cop out | correct | correspond | counterbalance | counterpoise | countervail | cut to | defer | deform | denature | discipline | diversify | do a favor | do a service | do right by | domesticate | domesticize | domicile | domiciliate | donate | duck responsibility | encase | enclose | endow | entertain | equalize | equate | equip | establish | evade responsibility | even | even up | fall in with | familiarize | favor | favor with | fill | fill up | find | fit | fix | fix up | float a loan | follow | fund | furnish | furnish accommodations | gear to | gentle | give | give and take | give way | go by | go fifty-fifty | habituate | harbor | harden | harmonize | heal the breach | heap upon | hold | homologate | homologize | house | housebreak | humor | improve | indulge | indulge with | integrate | inure | invest | keep | key to | lavish upon | lease-lend | lend | lend-lease | level | loan | loan-shark | lodge | maintain | make a deal | make an adjustment | make available | make concessions | make conform | make plumb | make provision for | make uniform | make up | measure | mediate | meet | meet halfway | meliorate | mitigate | modify | modulate | mold | mutate | naturalize | negotiate a loan | oblige | observe | orient | orient the map | orientate | overthrow | patch things up | play politics | poise | pour on | prepare | present | proportion | provide | provide for | put in tune | put up | quadrate | qualify | quarter | reach a compromise | realign | rebuild | reconcile | reconstruct | re-create | recruit | rectify | redesign | refit | reform | regulate | remake | renew | replenish | reshape | resolve | restore harmony | restructure | reunite | revamp | revive | right | ring the changes | rub off corners | season | serve | set | set right | settle | settle differences | settle with | shape | shelter | shift the scene | show kindness to | shower down upon | shuffle the cards | similarize | smooth it over | split the difference | square | stock | store | straighten | straighten out | strike a balance | strike a bargain | submit | subsidize | subvert | suit | supply | support | surrender | sync | synchronize | tailor | take the mean | tally with | tame | train | treat well | trim to | true | true up | tune | turn the scale | turn the tables | turn the tide | turn upside down | vary | weave peace between | wont | work a change | work out | worsen | yield See Also | abide by | adjust | alter | anglicise | anglicize | barrack | billet | canton | cater | change | comply | conform to | cultivate | domesticate | domiciliate | electrify | fit | follow | gear | harmonise | harmonize | house | keep | lodge in | meet | naturalise | naturalize | occupy | pitch | ply | provide | put up | quarter | reside | shoehorn | supply | tailor | tame | transcribe | vary | wire Accommodate In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*com"mo*date\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
{Accommodated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Accommodating}.] [L.
accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare; ad + commodare to make
fit, help; con- + modus measure, proportion. See {Mode}.]
1. To render fit, suitable, or correspondent; to adapt; to
conform; as, to accommodate ourselves to circumstances.
``They accommodate their counsels to his inclination.''
--Addison.
2. To bring into agreement or harmony; to reconcile; to
compose; to adjust; to settle; as, to accommodate
differences, a dispute, etc.
3. To furnish with something desired, needed, or convenient;
to favor; to oblige; as, to accommodate a friend with a
loan or with lodgings.
4. To show the correspondence of; to apply or make suit by
analogy; to adapt or fit, as teachings to accidental
circumstances, statements to facts, etc.; as, to
accommodate prophecy to events.
Syn: To suit; adapt; conform; adjust; arrange.
\Ac*com"mo*date\, v. i. To adapt one's self; to be conformable or adapted. [R.] --Boyle. \Ac*com"mo*date\, a. [L. accommodatus, p. p. of accommodare.] Suitable; fit; adapted; as, means accommodate to end. [Archaic] --Tillotson. |
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